Farmers, environmentalists must work together for sustainable agriculture
-A Letter to the Editor of the Baltimore Sun The publication of the American Farm Bureau’s response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to set a strict “pollution diet” for the Chesapeake...
View ArticleCommon Ground: Growing Agriculture, Restoring the Bay
“A thriving and sustainable agricultural sector is essential to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.”—USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan Presented by the Accokeek Foundation’s Center for...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Treasure Hunt Set to Launch June 4, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2011 Captain John Smith Geotrail features over 40 Chesapeake sites in Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware Piscataway Park along the Potomac River Annapolis – Set to launch...
View Article24th Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup
Saturday, April 14, 2012–Join the Accokeek Foundation in pitching in and picking up at the 24th Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup! Volunteer during this year’s cleanup to help remove trash from...
View ArticleFood for Thought: October’s Foodways Program presents the “Best of the Bay!”
by Matt Mattingly, Manager of the National Colonial Farm and Historic Interpretation On October 20, the National Colonial Farm’s Foodways program revisits one of our favorites: Best of the Bay! If...
View ArticleChesapeake Conservation Corps: Tomorrow’s Conservation Leaders
The Accokeek Foundation has been selected as one of many potential host sites for the 2015-16 Chesapeake Conservation Corps service year. The Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program, administered by the...
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